The Butler weekly times., 1887-04-27
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ent, the Mo. Pacific and the EN-
por'a' with two other projected lines
winch will be built the coming
season. These are the extension Of
OF the En.poria, which the Mo,
racine contemplate doing, and the
building OF the Chicago. Ft. Scott
4 Iexas railroad, which is fixed
tact, as the money to build the road
has been secured, permanent sur
vey made, and the line located and
the right OF way guaranteed, together
with large bonus from the peop,e
along the route from Higg,nsville to
t't Scott. This road. giving MS a
direct outlet to Chicago and the east
and making Butler the KEY to the
great undeveloped southwest, should
make Butler city second only to
Kansas CITY. Butler has the natural
facilities tor making a large CITY she
Is IN the midst OF a rich agricultural
region; she is underlaeyd with rich
coal deposits, and has sandstone
quarrles only short distance off.
IN unlimited quantity, and III quail
tv equal or superior to any in the
state; and coupled with all this. she
IS made the gateway, as it were, to
all traffic to and from the southwest.
There is bound to be metropolis
built up in southwest Missouri, and
there is no reason why Butler should
not gam that distinction, and the
prospects are very tiattering IN that
direction now.
Rich Hill, the next largest town
in the county, is locpted Il miles
south of Butler, on the Mo. Pacific
railroad. 1t claims a population OF
5000 inhabitants, is substantially
built, of brick and stone business
houses. One three-story brick hotel.
the Talmage House, two large
school buildings, two banks, a sys-
tenn of water works, a number Of
electric light plants, large smelling
works, etc. Rich Hill has been
built up since 1850, is a remarkably
live town, and her business men arc
wide awake, enterprising and work
tor the upbuildIng of their town. 1t
has three good newspapers, the
Review, Daily Herald and Enter
prise. Large and rich coal fields
are being worked near Rich Hill,
and to this fact is due the marvellous
growth and prosperity of the city.
Adrian is locaten ten miles north
OF Butler on the Mo. Pacific road.
1t has been built in the past few
years and is remarkably live and
energetic town with population
of probably 1900. 1t is surrounded
by rich agricultural country, and
is a trading and shipping point tor =
: vast scope of country. II Is fort,,-
, nate in having two we'll conducted
. newspapers, the Advertiser, demo-
l. cratic, and Register, republican, I
n good bank, good schools, etc.
al Foster is located on the Emporis
>. road, IL miles southwest Of Butler
is in the center of one OF the riches
coal regions in the west. Thes'
er coal fields have not vet been exteu
C. sivel> developed, but preparation
II, are being made to open them up tn
lis coming summer and tall. Foste
has q bank on a firm financial foot
" ing, a Newspaper, the Free Press,
'er fine school building; her busInea
mt men are live and energetic, and
lot bids fair to be a large town 1t a
n, distant day.
- Hume is situated in the southwe'
part OF the county, on the Gulf rosa
me =, miles from Butler. 1t has o.
wo bank under able Management -
financially solid one Newspaper, 4
49,, Star. Is's situated in beautif
80 an Ne ay agrieultur uotry ~
mas is. sou shipping and trading poir
eet B, gently a seven foot vein
ain coal has been found near the tsss
,e.. which will probably make q
-, mining an adjunct to that town.
" Sprague is = good town, s,tuat
half way between Hume and RI
but Hill. Coal mines are beng open
ing up in that vicinity and that will b
of the growth of the place.
, Rockville IS in the southeast G
ner OF the county, on the NJ. K.
mus T. r. r. 1t IS good live tov
and .r,,or,;no = newsoaner. larpe nal